James Fausone
\nVeterans Disability Lawyer<\/p>\n
Unemployment for post-9\/11 veterans continues to be at high levels.<\/p>\n
The recent numbers confirm what many military unemployment specialists have suspected: unemployment rates for younger vets continues to outpace the numbers for unemployed civilians. Almost one in 10 returned members from Iraqand Afghanistanis unemployed. The latest numbers by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> indicate that young male vets are unemployed at 9 percent, up from 7.6 percent in February of 2012. \u00a0Young female vets who reported an unemployment rate of 7.4 percent last year now face unemployment at 11.6 percent.<\/p>\n “Vets are returning with marketable skills, yet they continue to have trouble finding employment,” commented Tampa veterans lawyer David W. Magann.<\/p>\n The number of post-9\/11 vets who are unemployed is 203,000 as of February of this year. This time last year, that number was 154,000. There is a growing concern that the federal budgets cuts as part of the 2013 (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer Unemployment for post-9\/11 veterans continues to be at high levels. The recent numbers confirm what many military unemployment specialists have suspected: unemployment rates for younger vets continues to outpace the numbers for unemployed civilians. Almost…<\/span><\/p>\n